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17 Feb 2018

Bathurst 12 hour action

More action photos from this year's Bathurst 12 hour race. The great thing about the Mount Panorama circuit is that there are so many great viewing points. For Warren and I this our fourth year at the 12 hour race and we now have a pattern for our spectating. We start at the topside of the last corner and watch the start in the dark and then we migrate on the inside of the track to what was known as Caltex Chase on Conrod straight for an hour or so. Then down to the food area in the paddock for a bacon and egg roll and a coffee.
This year we then watched the race from inside the first corner for a while before driving up the mountain. Whilst at the first corner an Audi went straight on after the pit straight at the very second I was putting the camera into my bag. It hit the wall hard and made a big mess-another safety car . I missed it all. By the time I looked up the dust was just settling-literally.
We spent a few hours walking and watching from the top of the mountain then back down again and into the paddock for food area for some refereshment and a look at the action in the pits before watching the last hour or so from the first corner.
It's a big day out and it involves a fair bit of walking but it's much more fun than staying at home and watching the race live on Channel 7 and there was live timing on my phone on the 12 hour race website which gave all the race positions in real time.